All posts by InsideBaseball Editor

As a parent, you were probably really excited for baseball season to start. Especially if you played little league baseball as a kid, you’re eager to see your child get out there and enjoy the game of baseball as much as you did. You might have even caught yourself daydreaming about seeing your kid achieve Read More ➜

Congratulations on making the decision to become a youth baseball coach! You’ve entered a really challenging and rewarding field, and the next few years are going to serve to shape the kind of coach you become. One of the questions many new youth baseball coaches have is, how do I handle aggressive parents? This is Read More ➜

Let’s face it, no one can have a coach around all the time. That would be great…almost like carrying a little man in your pocket all day. That doesn’t happen nor is it necessary. How to be your own coach is something I hear all the time from both parents who are trying to coach Read More ➜

We have a phrase for being in the outfield, it’s called “Working the Dirt” because when you’re in the outfield, you are effectively “out” in the “field.” If you were a planet, you’d be Pluto. The outfield is far away, and trying to feel connected to the game is a challenge for anyone, much less Read More ➜

Even if you make a living as a coach of youth baseball, we know you’re not in it just for the money. You love baseball so much, that if we put a microscope over your blood cells, we’d find tiny baseballs and bats, peanuts, popcorn, crackerjacks, sports drinks, mitts, and chalk running through your veins. Read More ➜

When kids are young – we tend to focus in on the things we know in baseball. We teach them to hit, pitch, field and throw regularly. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that 99% of baseball practice time with players under the age of 14 is used on those four things alone. The Read More ➜